Man Charged After Jokingly Claiming He Had Dynamite in His Luggage

November 27, 2012
by legitgov

Man Charged After Jokingly Claiming He Had Dynamite in His Luggage --Hurtado taken into custody and charged with falsely reporting a bomb at an airport 26 Nov 2012 A Guatemalan man has been charged after authorities say he jokingly claimed to have dynamite in his luggage at Miami International Airport. Miami-Dade police say Concourse J was partially evacuated Monday afternoon. According to an arrest report, when a ticket agent at TACA Airlines asked Alejandro Hurtado if he had any hazardous materials, Hurtado told the agent he had dynamite. The agent told Hurtado he was calling police, and Hurtado said he was only joking. Bomb squad officers responded and searched the bag but found no explosives.